St. Louis Class Armed Merchant Cruiser (1898)

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Two St. Louis class auxiliary cruisers were International Navigation Company liners charted by the U.S. Navy in 1898 as Armed Merchant Cruisers.

Overview of two vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Launched Acquired Commissioned Fate
St. Louis Cramp 12 Nov, 1894 22 Apr, 1898 24 Apr, 1898 Returned 2 Sep, 1898
St. Paul Cramp 10 Apr, 1895 12 Mar, 1898 20 Apr, 1898 Returned 2 Sep, 1898

Construction

Straight stem and counter stern-type liners with two masts and two funnels.[1]

Armament

St. Louis

[2]

  • four 5-inch/40 caliber
  • eight 6-pounders

St. Paul

[3]

  • six 5-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 167.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


St. Louis Class Armed Merchant Cruiser
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